‘Morning Joe’ Rips Trump: ‘All He Does is Watch TV’ (Video)

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough ripped the quality of President Trump’s insults on Monday morning. “If you’re going to insult somebody, make it work,” said Scarborough.

After displaying some of Trump’s recent tweets attacking the media, along with the timing of the messages, Scarborough said: “He’s president of the United States and all he does is watch TV… and comment on it.”

“This is very small behavior that is so unbecoming,” Brzezinski added. “He’s like a little kid.”

Scarborough and Brzezinski have a bizarre relationship with Trump. They were early supporters and were once accused of feeding him questions during an MSNBC town hall. Scarborough has been spotted at Trump’s Florida resort as a New Year’s Eve party was kicking off; he was also seen clapping for Trump during the recent join address to Congress.

“Morning Joe” has since emerged as a show that is now extremely critical of Trump and his administration. Brzezinski has said that people are “scared,” and famously banned White House senior aide Kellyanne Conway from appearing on the MSNBC morning show.

On Monday, Brzezinski said that Trump has ruined anything good he’s attempted to do with his “stupid tweets.” Scarborough suggested that the president watch “Billions” instead.

The show that is often praised by President Trump dominates cable news morning shows, averaging 376,000 demo viewers while MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” averaged 182,000 and CNN’s “New Day” picked up 205,000 in the same category.

Don Lemon’s nightly show is technically tied with No. 12 “Outnumbered,” but we broke the tie by looking at total viewers, as opposed to the demo. Both programs averaged 381,000 demo viewers, but “Outnumbered” averaged 2 million total viewers compared to 1.1 million for “CNN Tonight.”

Bill O’Reilly continues to absolutely dominate the cable news landscape, averaging 728,000 demo viewers. When adding in the 8 p.m. ET airing with the late-night replay, “Factor” racks up more than 1 million viewers between the ages 25-54 every night.